466: Mary Toft Mary Tricked Doctors Into Making Them Think She Gave Birth to Rabbits Born: 1701, Godalming, England Died: 1763, Godalming, England Alternate Spelling: Tofts According to reports, in 1726 Mary (who was married and already a mother) suffered a miscarriage but a month later still looked pregnant and in September of that same…
465: Bridget Driscoll The First Person to be Killed by a Car in the United Kingdom Born: 1851, Ireland Died: 17 August 1896, Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom Bridget and her daughter were walking towards the Crystal Palace when she was struck and killed. The inquest afterward found her death to be accidental because of the conflicting…
464: Ko Yong-hui Kim Jong-il’s Wife and Kim Jong-Un’s Mother Born: 26 June 1953, Osaka, Japan Died: 24 May 2004, Paris, France Also Known As: Ko Young-hee or Ko Yong-hŭi She was a famous stage actress and was given the title of “Respected Mother” by her husband. What might be even more surprising is that…
463: Natalie Gulbis Pro Golfer Born: 7 January 1983, Sacramento, California, United States of America Natalie plays on the US based LPGA Tour. As of December 2019, she has earned nearly $4.9 Million. She has chronicled her numerous back problems and less than successful surgeries starting in 2008, all thanks to playing golf. In 2005,…
462: Samira Shahbandar Saddam Hussein’s Second Wife Born: 1946, Baghdad, Iraq Samira is also a former flight attendant. She and Saddam started seeing each other while still married to other people and might have supposedly even gotten married during this time (her first husband wisely stepped out of the picture). According to the UN Security…
461: Ann Rutledge Abraham Lincoln’s First Love (Reportedly) Born: 7 January 1813, Henderson, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 25 August 1835, New Salem, Illinois, United States of America Ann’s untimely death led to what some believe to be Lincoln’s famous melancholy from which he never fully recovered. Ann was known to be very studious…
460: Sajida Talfah Saddam Hussein’s First Wife Born: 24 June 1937, Tikrit, Iraq Last Confirmed Sighting: 2003 Sajida disappeared at the start of the Second Gulf War, never to be seen again. Their marriage was arranged before they were ten years old (and they were first cousins). Sajida and Saddam had five children together and…
These are the entries born on the island of Martinique. Entries: Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Empress of France and Queen Consort of Italy
459: Joséphine de Beauharnais Bonaparte Napoleon’s First Wife; Empress of France and Queen Consort of Italy Born: 23 June 1763, Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique Died: 29 May 1814, Rueil-Malmaison, France Original Name: Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie Joséphine’s first husband and the father of her two children was arrested and executed by guillotine during the Reign of…
458: Chyna Professional Wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation Born: 27 December 1969, Rochester, New York, United States of America Died: 20 April 2016, Redondo Beach, California, United States of America Real Name: Joan Marie Laurer Chyna was also an actress. One of her nicknames was “The Ninth Wonder of the World”. She is the…